title: Premotor cortex and conditional motor learning in man.
abstract: The role of premotor cortex (PMC) in conditional motor learning tasks in man was investigated. Patients with PMC lesions had to learn to associate 6 different visual, tactile or auditory stimuli with 6 different arm movements which were previously rehearsed (Task A). A comparative task involved an association between the same set of sensory stimuli and 6 spatial locations (Task B). Patients with PMC lesions were only impaired when they had to recall a movement from memory on the basis of a sensory cue (Task A), but not for an association involving spatial location (Task B). This indicates that the PMC plays a role in sensory conditional motor learning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Düsseldorf, FRG.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Halsband
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Freund
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009048:Motor Skills; D011597:Psychomotor Performance